Display-rack.



S. HIMMEL.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, |913.

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SLOMON RIMMEL, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DISPLAY-RACK.

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Application filed March 7, 1913. Serial No. 752,675.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SOLOMON HIMMEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-lacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved display rack of the type employed in clothing stores for the display of garments and the like, although not limited in its application in this particular.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved display rack so constructed that it may be moved back and forth within a suitable inclosing casing, as desired.

A further object is to provide means for normally preventing rotation of the display rack while being` moved back and forth in the case.

A further object is to provide means for causing the display rack to automatically assume the proper position for being returned to the rearward position in the case, after the same has been rotated to display the goods supported thereby.

A further object is to provide means for preventing return of the rack to the rear of the case until the rotatable member has been started to the proper position for the return movement.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings -Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating my improved display rack. Fig. 2 is a bottom of the supporting carriage. F ig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a line parallel with the bottom face of the carriage. v

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a case of any suitable or preferred structure. the bottom wall of which is provided with a channel 11. Located on opposite sides of said channel and parallel with the walls thereof are guides 12 provided with suitable grooves to receive anti-friction balls arranged to support a carriage 13, the arrangement being such that said carriage may reciprocate between said guides. Said carriage is provided with a tubular boss 14 which rotatably supports a shaft 15 carrying a cross head 16 which supports the rack member 1T.

The structure thus far described is well plan view known, being illustrated and described in `Letters Patent 991,164- to Andrew E. Miller.

Secured to the lower end of the shaft 15 and below the carriage 13 is a disk 18 which 1s shown as approximately of the shape of a figure 8. rIhat is to say said disk is generally elliptical in plan view having its opposits sides provided with converging recesses 19 formed by the converging curved edges 20. The general formation of this disk is such that it has a minor and a major axis, because of its width being less than its length. T he minor axis is normally arranged parallel with the garment supporting bars 17, the major axis being normally parallel with the walls of the channel 11 in the base of the case. Pivotally connected to the carriage 13, at one end, is a lever 21, the free end of which is engaged by a spring :22 also supported by said carriage. Said lever is provided with a roller 23 which is caused to engage the periphery of the disk 18 and to enter the recesses 19 when the latter come opposite said roller.

It will be noted that the recesses 19, of the disk 18, are so positioned with respect to the minor axis of the disk 18, that the engagement of the roller Q8, witha either of the recesses 19, positions and normally holds the rack bars 1T, at right angles to the walls of the channel 11, and parallel with the rear of the case.

Secured to one wall of the channel 11 is an abutment guide member Q4, provided with a shoulder 2o, the rear end of said abutment guide member being arranged normally parallel with the side wall of the channel 11, and also parallel with the major axis of the disk 18, `when the rack bars are positioned parallel with the rear of the case 10. ln the construction illustrated in the drawings, the abutment guide member 24 is shown located adjacent to that side of the carriage 13, supporting the lever 21 and the roller 23.

ln the construction illustrated .in the drawings, the roller 23 coperating with the periphery of the disk 18, in addition to its function of positioning the rack, also serves, when engaging either end of the disk 18, to increase the edective major axis thereof to such extent that the shoulder 25 of the abutment guide member 24, acts as an abutment, preventing rearward movement of the rack until said rack is rotated Sulliciently to cause the major axis of the disk from such position, or it may be made morey or less resilient as conditions may require. Itwill be readily understood that the shoulder 25 is rendered more or less yieldable, depending upon the degree of resilience of the'abutment guide member 24. rlhe resilient portion of the abutment guide inember 2l also performs an important function, in that itserves toyieldingly resist rotative movement of the rack, when the carriage 13 has been moved inwardly.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described an operative manner of constructingand usingy the same although without attempting to set .forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what I claim is 1. In adisplay device, the combination with a case, of a rotatable rack mounted to reciprocate toward and from the back of the oase, and means for cushioning contact of the rack with the case, should rearwardy movement be imparted when the rack has been rotated from a predetermined position. 2. In a idisplay device, the combination vwith a case, of a rotatable rack mounted to reciprocate toward and from the back of the case,.and a buffer having a resilient portion for cushioning contactof the rackwith the case, should rearward movement be imparted when therack has been rotated from a predetermined position.

3;'In a display device, the combination with a case, of a rotatable rack mounted to reciprocate toward and from theback of the case, and an abutment guide member attached to the. case and provided with means for cushioning, Contact of thev rack with the case, should rearward movement be imparted when the rack has been rotated'from a predetermined position.

4. An improvement in display racks comprising a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable shaft supported thereby, a display rack supported by said shaft, means cooperating with said shaft for automatically causing said Ydisplay rack to assume a predetermined position, and means for cushioning Contact of the rack with the case, vshould rearward movemeiitpbe imparted when said rack has been rotatedV from its predetermined position.

5. The Vcombination with a case or compartment, of a rotatable rack movable to and fromra position within said case or coinpartment, an abutment guide member adjacent the path of reciprocation of said rack, a disk attached to and rotatable with the rack in the same plane as said abutment guide, the'width of said disk being less than the length thereof, and means interposed between said abutment guide and said disk and cooperating with the edge of said disk to maintain the major aXis of said disk:normally-parallel withthe said abutment guide` and to increase the eflective length of said. disk when partially rotated m forward position, said abutnent guide member having an'abutment positioiied to intercept said interposed'mcans when said disk has been rotated in its forward position.

6. The combination with a case or compartment, of a rotatable rack mounted tore ciorocate within thecase or compartment toward and from the frontthereof, an abutmentguide member adjacent the path of reciprocation of said rack, a disk attached to and rotatable with said rack, and means cooperating with said abutment guideand said4 disk and actuated by said disk, to prevent rearward movement of said rack when partially rotated in its forward positio 7. The combination with a case or compartment, of a .carriage to reciprocate within the case or compartment toward and from the front thereof, an abutment guide mem- V ber vadjacent the. path of reciprocation of said carriage, a rotatablerack mounted. on the carriage, a disk attached to and rotatable.

with said rack, a member pivoted onthe carriage andk having a portion riding on theperiphery of said disk, said disk Vhaving means engaging said member foryieldin'gly holding the rack in certain positions and ac-V tuating saidv member to abut against said abutment guide member Aupon partial rotation of the rack when moved from frontipof sition.

8. The combination with laoase-'or compartment, of a carriage to reciprocate within the case or compartment toward and from,

the front thereof, an abutment guide niembei adjacent the path of .-reciprocation of said carriage, a rotatable rack mounted on the,

carriage, a disk attached.A to and rotatable with said' rack, a member pivoted on thecarriage and having a portion ridingbnthe periphery of said disk, said disk having means engaging said member for yieldingly holding the rack in certain positions Y,and Vfor moving said member to a position to'be intercepted by said abutment guide when the-rack is partially rotated in front position, toprevent reciprocal movement of said carriage.V

9. In a display device, the combination witha case, of a carriage mounted to reciprocate toward and from the back ofthe case.

a` rotatable Ydisplay rack supported-2 thereby, a disk secured to said'rackand .providedwith Aio notches, a spring lever provided with a positioning member to engage said notches, and an abutment member for said positioning member when the latter is disengaged from said notches and rearward movement imparted to said rack.

l0. In a display device, the combination with a case, of a carriage mounted to reciprocate toward and from the back of the case, a rotatable rack supported thereby, a disk secured to the shaft and provided With notches, a spring lever provided with a positioning member to engage said notches, and a member secured to the case and having an offset portion forming an abutment for the positioning member When the rack is-rotated from a predetermined position at the front of the case.

1l. An improvement in display racks comprising a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable shaft supported thereby, a display rack supported by said shaft, a cam disk carried by said shaft, and means coperating with said disk for causing said display rack to assume a predetermined position when rotated to any position other than said predetermined position.

12. An improvement in display racks comprising a reciprocable carriage, a rotatable shaft supported thereby, a display rack supported by said shaft, a cam disk carried by said shaft, and means coperating with said disk for causing said display rack to assume a predetermined position when rotated t0 any position other than said redetermined position, said disk and sai coperating means being provided with complemental interengaging portions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wt- 40 nesses.

SOLOMON HIMMEL.

Witnesses LEE I. I-IECH'r, KARL M. BUHERT.

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